Where to Submit Roundup: August 18, 2023

36 Submission Opportunities including calls for submissions, writing contests, and book prizes.

Welcome to the NewPages Weekly Roundup of Submission Opportunities! August is officially half over with this week. The weather is crazy, the only thing that wants to grow properly is grass and weeds, bugs are destroying everything in the veggie garden, and invasive pests are trying to kill my roses. Hopefully your summer is going better.

I hope you are able to get some nice R&R time in before the crazy period of back-to-school and fall descends upon us. If you’re still working on your submission goals, we are here to help. Don’t forget paid newsletter subscribers can get early access to the majority of submission opportunities and upcoming events before they go live on our site, so do consider subscribing or upgrading your subscription today.

Calls for Submissions

Don’t forget to check out our Guide to Submission Opportunities where you can get more information about these calls for submissions. And if you have young writers from elementary to high school age, don’t forget to check out the Young Writers Guide.

Words & Whispers. Final Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: August 25, 2023.

Sunspot Lit. Supernova. Very long-form fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, graphic novel. $10 fee. Deadline: August 30, 2023.

awfully hilarious. Period Stories anthology. Nonfiction. No fee. Deadline: August 31, 2023.

Interim. When Atoms Reassemble. Nonfiction. $4 fee. Deadline: September 1, 2023.

Superpresent. Naturally themed issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, cross-genre, drama, translations, interviews, audio, video. No fee. Deadline: September 1, 2023.

Sunspot Lit. Long-form fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic novel. $8 fee. Deadline: September 2, 2023.

Sunspot Lit. Short stories, nonfiction, graphic novel. $6.50 fee. Deadline: September 23, 2023.

Rockvale Review. Issue Eleven. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $3 fee. Deadline: September 30, 2023.

Sunspot Lit. Flash, poetry, graphic novel, art. $5 fee. Deadline: September 30, 2023.

Cherry Tree. Issue 10. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $3 fee. Payment: $20. Deadline: October 1, 2023.

Clinch — A Martial Arts Literary Magazine. Issue IV. fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, cross-genre. No fee. Paying market. Deadline: October 1, 2023.

Club Plum. Literary Horror Issue. Fiction, nonfiction. No fee. Deadline: October 1, 2023.

little somethings press. Issue 6. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: October 1, 2023.

Kings River Review. Fall 2023 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenplays, art, translations. No fee. Deadline: October 15, 2023. *2-year community college students only*

Magazine1. Inaugural Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, comics, cross-genre, translations. $5 fee. Payment: $40 credit to Bookstore1Sarasota. Deadline: November 4, 2023.

Blueline: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to the Spirit of the Adirondacks. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: November 30, 2023.

Awakenings Review. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photography. No fee. Deadline: Year-round. *Must have personal connection to mental illness*

Blue Mountain Review. Prose, poetry, music, visual art. $5 fee. Deadline: Year-round.

Interim. Poetry and the Moving Image. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, video. $4 fee. Deadline: Until filled.

New Verse News. Current events poetry. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.

NOMADartx Review. Resources-themed fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, cross-genre, translations, reviews, interviews. No fee. Deadline: Rolling.

Palooka. Chapbook manuscripts, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, photography, graphic narratives, comic strips. $3 fee (magazine submissions); $8 fee (chapbook submissions). Payment: Copies. Deadline: Year-round.

Plant-Human Quarterly. Poetry, essays. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.

Qua. Fall 2023. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: Rolling. *Must be a Michigan resident in order to submit.*

Woodcrest Magazine. Fiction Open Reading Period. Fiction. No fee. Deadline: Until filled.

Writing Contests

If you’d like a little more information on several of the contests below, don’t forget to follow our Guide to Submission Opportunities throughout the week. Find even more contests in our vetted Big List of Writing Contests. NewPages also vets and curates a list of contests for elementary through high school aged writers in our Young Writers Guide.

Peter White Public Library. 3-Day International Chapbook Contest. Poetry. No fee. First Prize: $500, publication, 50 copies. Judge: Diane Seuss. Registration Deadline: August 25, 2023. Contest runs from September 1-4 with submission deadline of September 5, 2023.

Gemini Magazine. Flash Fiction Prize. Fiction, cross-genre, translations. $7 fee. First Prize: $1,000 and publication. Deadline: August 31, 2023.

Willow Springs. Inaugural Surrealist Poetry Prize. Poetry. $15 fee. Prize: $1,000 and publication. Final judge: Christopher Howell. Deadline: September 1, 2023.

CAPTRs. Universe of Threats Writing Contest: Infrastructure Threats. Fiction. No fee. Deadline: September 30, 2023.

Sunspot Lit. Goldilocks Zone 2023. Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, art, graphic novel. $10 fee. Prize: $500 and publication. Deadline: September 30, 2023.

Winning Writers. Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest. Poetry. $22 fee. Top Prize: $3,000 (rhyming/traditional poem), $3,000 (any style poem). Final Judge: Michal ‘MJ’ Jones. Deadline: September 30, 2023.

The Missouri Review. Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize. Fiction, poetry, nonfiction. $25 or $30 fee. Prize/genre: $5,000, publication, and promotion. Deadline: October 1, 2023.

Cloudbank Books. Vern Rutsala Book Contest. Poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $1,000, book publication, 50 copies. Deadline: October 31, 2023.

Interim. Test Site Poetry Prize. Unpublished poetry manuscripts. $25 fee. 2 Prizes of $1,000 and book publication awarded. Deadline: December 15, 2023.